\subsection*{Social Skills}

\desc{Regular socialization is performed with Backgrounds, rather than social skills. If you want to ingratiate yourself with others, track down the word on the street, or otherwise perform social legwork, you probably want to use a background like \emph{High Society} or \emph{Barrio}. Social skills apply a -1 dicepool penalty when defaulting.}

\skill{Animal Ken}
{Dealing with inhuman beasts is a skill in and of itself. Neither lions nor sheep really have any backgrounds, and the Animal Ken skill is used in their place. Animal Ken is used to read the emotions of an animal as well as to calm one down or train it to do stuff. Animal Ken is thus your one-stop-shop for all socialization with dogs, which considering how much less a dog knows than any human or supernatural about important plot points, is not nearly as overpowered as you might think.}
{Domestic Animals, Training, Wild Animals, Riding}

\skill{Bureaucracy}
{Managing logistics and patiently untangling skeins of red tape is the focus of this skill. Characters can understand and manipulate laws.}
{Business, Government, Logistics}

\skill{Empathy}
{Empathy is our primary means of interpreting the meaning of actions and inactions of other people. It is a trainable sense of how others are feeling given how they look, what they say, and what they do.}
{Motivation Determination, Detecting Lies, Action Anticipation}

\skill{Expression}
{Expression is the art of entertaining and changing peoples' minds through art. Lots of people think that this can only be accomplished by making movies about gay cowboys eating pudding, but the truth is that \emph{any} art that provokes the audience to even acknowledge it is on some level influencing the audience.}
{Writing, Dance, Music, Oratory}

\skill{Intimidation}
{Intimidation is the art of using fear to get other people to believe or do things desired of them. Intimidation can be explicit (``If you don't do X, I will stab you. In the face.'') or implied (``Did you hear that the feds caught Ted for his tax non-payment? He's going to be doing \emph{time}.'') and the threats can be to the target's person, finances, or reputation. And some of the best Intimidation is actually phrased in a manner that implies that some third party will do some thing to the target and the Intimidating character is willing to help \emph{the target}.}
{Interrogation, Fear Mongering, Skulduggery, Blackmail}

\skill{Persuasion}
{Persuasion is the art of manipulating people in such a manner that it isn't immediately obvious that is what you're doing. People who are skilled at Persuasion are essentially good at \emph{lying}, although many of them get offended if you call it that. They may prefer the term \emph{acting} or \emph{sales}.}
{Acting, Insinuation, Fast Talk}

\skill{Tactics}
{Tactics is the skill that governs leadership in both the military and corporate sense of the term.}
{Inspiration, Maneuvers, Naval, Siege}